Cohen and Pelosi shake the Money Tree in Nashville not Memphis

Tennessee's Left Coast Congressman Cohen can surely afford and benefit from a visit by the San Fransisco's Speaker that is unable to shut or even blink her eyes.

Cohen, is a the rare Tennessee Politco, who OPENLY runs left election time and votes the same. His main base, in which he panders, consist of the entitlement masses of Memphis.

A liberal sitting Congressional member should have cake walk in any reelection contest. Cohen, however, has not had that luxury.

Everyone knows, the Congressional 9th District belongs to a person of color, not a latte liberal raised on Tennessee's Capitol Hill. The daggers have always been lurking in the shadows to unseat this temporary seat holder.

It is interesting to note that the money tree was shaken in Nashville and not the fields of Memphis where his district resides.

I bettcha that Congressman Lincoln Davis was no where within camera shot of his speaker.

His handlers would not want Tennessee voters to be identified him with the party leaders that yank his chain when he enters the Beltway's Junkyard.

Speaker Pelosi in Tennessee to Aid Cohen Campaign

First-term 9th District congressman Steve Cohen of Memphis has long indicated that he intends to call on some heavy guns to support his reelection campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives And one of the heaviest -- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi - turned up as the guest of honor at one of several Cohen fundraisers held in Nashville on Monday.

A press release put out by the Cohen campaign quotes Pelosi as saying some handsome things indeed about the Memphis freshman and former longtime state senator. Among her reported observations: "His years of experience in Tennessee allowed him to hit the ground running when he reached the United States Congress." Calling Cohen "a progressive and an important member of the Transportation Committee," Pelosi ratcheted up her praise to the point, says the release, of calling Cohen "the conscience of the freshman class."

On hand for some or all of the events in Nashville were Democratic congressional colleagues John Tanner, Bart Gordon, and Jim Cooper, as well as former Public Service Commission chairperson and gubernatorial candidate Jane Eskind.

Cohen has no Republican opposition this year, but he faces primary challenges from Nikki Tinker, who was runner-up to him in the Democratic primary two years ago, state representative Joe Towns, James Gregory, and Isaac Richmond.

--Jackson Baker